Alternative colours for an edition of the Lhahl statue by Raspoutine.

A picture of the modern Lhahl.

The Lhahl statue has been painted. This is the first ‘colour test’ and many corrections will be made. I like it! 

These are the first pictures of resin mouldings of the Lhahl statue. I think the result so far is stunning. The next step is to paint the statue in colours.

For Lausanne based comic shop Raspoutine, Cosey made one of these wine labels (you know which).

Thanks to Bernard Matthey-Doret

These are pictures of the Lhahl statue as it was last december. I like it very much!

Only today I learned the news that Mrs. Claude Levenson died on 13 december, in Lausanne. She was 72 years old. Mrs. Levenson was an activist for human rights, best known for her strong support of Tibetan freedom. As a journalist, she wrote many articles and books about Tibet.

Readers of Cosey’s work will know the introductions she wrote for ‘Celui qui mène…’ and for the Intégrales. In fact, her last publication was the preface to the 5th Jonathan Intégrale, that has recently been published.

She wrote: ‘Certain people see the Tibetan cause as a rearguard action of those who hold on to an idealised past against modernity led by China. But the Tibetan problem is a problem of colonialism and of oppression of a people by another country.’

The struggle for Tibetan freedom will miss her support and they way she drew attention to the cause of Tibet’s oppressed people.

Thanks to Sylvain Cachi

Here is the cover for the Intégrale of ‘Le Bouddha d’Azur’ that will appear in january/february 2011.

The photo shows the design of Lhahl of 27 october.

A new stage in the development of the Lhahl statue. Her face has been changed, and a start has been made on her clothing. More pictures on the website of ‘Les sculpteurs de Bulles’.

André Geerts, creator of the lovely Jojo comic, died unexpectedely on 27 July 2010, aged only 54. In the 8 september issue of Spirou (Robbedoes), number 3778, many comic artists made a tribute to André Geerts. This is the one made by Cosey.

Thanks to Thierry de Thibault

Here is one of the first photos of the Lhahl statue – work in progress. This first version was discussed by Cosey, Max Gillespie (the artist) and the president of ‘Les sculpteurs de Bulles’. The final statue should be more smooth, less realistic and detailed, more stylised, more Cosey.

And… she will have hair, I suppose!

Only today I found out about an interesting exposition of travel sketches in the Château de St. Maurice (Switzerland). The exposition is open till 1 november.

The title of the exposition is ‘Carnets de voyage’. Below, you see the Château and some images of Cosey-works (taken from the website of the Château).

Click here for the website of the Chateau de St. Maurice